Following the first four biannual meetings on Game Theory Practice in Genoa (Italy, 1998), Valencia (Spain, 2000), Hilvarenbeek (The Netherlands, 2002) and Elche, (Spain, 2004), that were general in nature, and another meeting focusing on Game Practice and the Environment, that was held in Alessandria (Italy, 2002), the sixth meeting on Game Theory Practice (GTP) will focus on development, natural resources and the environment.

The purpose of the meeting is to demonstrate the usefulness of GT in these fields, as externalities among users and conflicts over allocation of basic natural resources such as land, water, and other resources are more frequent. Applications of GT techniques and methods to issues in water resource management (including transboundary water), fisheries, forestry, land management, global warming, pollution, migration (domestic and cross border), and alike, are sought.

The meeting will last three days during July 10-12, 2006. It will include keynote presentations, presentations of contributed papers, round tables on joint research agenda, and several tutorials.

A couple of scholarly reputable journals have been considering special issues, as well as a publisher who considers an edited book.

Organizing Committee: Fioravante Patrone (University of Genova), Ariel Dinar (Johns Hopkins University), José Albiac (Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria), Joaquin Sanchez-Soriano (Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche), Rashid Sumaila (University of British Columbia), Dunixi Gabiña (Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza / CIHEAM)

Scientific Committee: Fioravante Patrone (University of Genova), Ariel Dinar (Johns Hopkins University), Joaquin Sanchez-Soriano (Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche), Serder Gunar (Bilkent University), Carlo Carraro (University of Venice and FEEM), Marc Kilgour (Wilfrid Laurier University), Michael Maschler (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Stef Tijs (University of Tilburg and University fo Genoa), Rashid Sumaila (University of British Columbia), Ignacio Garcia-Jurado (University of Santiago de Compostela), H. Peyton Young (Johns Hopkins University), Henk Folmer (Tilburg University and Wageningen University), Gian-Italo Bischi (University of Urbino),Vito Fragnelli (University of Eastern Piedmont), Leon A. Petrosjan (St. Petersburg State University), David W. K. Yeung (Hong Kong Baptist University).

The meeting will be a "Satellite Conference" of the International Congress of Mathematicians, to be held in Madrid 2006.

The final program, including keynote speakers, tutorials and round table, is available, together with info on scholarships. The brochure describing the essentials of the meeting is downloadable (pdf file). Thanks for posting it.

The financial support of the Gobierno de Aragon, Consejería de Economía, Hacienda y Empleo, is gratefully acknowledged